Greetings Traveler!

This blog is just drabbles of things I thought we're interesting. It features the adventures of me, my husband, and our friends and family that visit us in Japan.
And remember "Not all who wander are lost".

Every year in Nara they light thousands of lanterns and burn this into the side of the mountain:

People familiar with Japanese might recognize that Chinese Characters as meaning “large” or “big”. However, in several sects of Buddhism it means “universe”. It is burned to wish those that died in war peace in the next universe, aka the next life. Continue reading →

Every year, sand artists from around the globe are invited to use the perfect sand of Tottori to carve out magnificent sculptures based on a chosen theme. This year’s theme was the “USA”. Continue reading →

We went to the dunes in Japan. This is the itty-bitt, chibi desert of Tottori.

The sky was steely and threatened to drop more rain at any moment. I’ve not felt sand this beautiful and fine since California. It had rained earlier that day so it was very soft and stickier than normal. Continue reading →